Curtain inserter



Feb. 13, 1951 F. ROBISON CURTAIN INSERTER Filed Oct. 14, 1946 IN VEN TOR. lam/an 120611801 BY AT 8% TORNEY Patented Feb. 13, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CURTAIN INSERTER Furman Robison, San- Francisco, Calif.

Application October 14, 1946, Serial No. 703,211

1 Claim.

This invention relates to means for guiding a curtain-rod through the curtain rod receiving pocket of a curtain and has particular reference to a resilient member that is positioned in one end of said rod and is readily compressible, and accordingly capable of insertion in rods of varying sizes and in pockets of various dimensions.

The principal object of the invention is the employment of means to retain the device in a fixed inserted position within the rod and the utilization of a protective coil spring that covers the rounded end of the inserter that will facilitate the passing of the inserter and the rod through the insertion or pocket of the curtain.

An additional object of the invention is the production of an inserter of the character described that is simple in construction, economical to manufacture, strong, durable and highly serviceable in use.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent during the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same,

Fig. 1 is a rear elevation of a portion of a curtain rod, disclosing the inserter in operative position in one end of the rod, and

Fig. 2 discloses a fragmentary view of a curtain and a curtain rod with the inserter positioned in the rod receiving pocket of the curtain.

It is exceedingly difficult to guide a curtain rod through the insertion or pocket of a curtain and especially so when the curtains are new or have been freshly laundered. Invariably the rod will catch in the fabric strands of the curtain insertion and accordingly it is a difficult and tedious task to thread the rod through the insertion. Frequently the curtain is also torn during the rod guiding operation. To therefore overcome these annoyances and inconveniences and to provide a positive means for guiding the rod in a minimum amount of time and Without undue effort on the part of the operator, I have devised the present invention.

In the accompanying drawing wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown a preferred embodiment of my invention, the numeral 5 indicates a section of a curtain having an open ended pocket 6 extending longitudinally of the curtain, the upper and lower edges of the pocket being indicated by the numerals I and 8. As disclosed to advantage in the figures of the drawing, numeral 9 indicates the body portion of a curtain rod of conventional construction that has Iii the usual bent upper and lower edges Ill and II, respectively, that extend throughout the length of the rod.

The inserter per se consists of a single strand of resilient wire that is bent roundly upon itself as at 12 to provide a pair of spaced arms I3 and I4 that terminate in eyes 15 and i6, respectively. Substantially intermediate the length of the arms, the said arms are outwardly bowed as at l! and I 8, the bowed or offset portions being abutted by the ends [9 and 2!! of a coil spring 2| that is fitted over or encompasses the rounded portion l2 of the wire strand and portions of the arms l3 and 14.

After the device has been assembled, it is positioned in one end of the rod. Due to the spring nature of the inserter the arms l3 and M will readily spring outwardly and contact of the eyes l5 and [6 thereof with the bent edges to and II of the rod will prevent accident and displacement of the device from the rod. The bowed portions l9 and 29 of the arms perform the dual function of limiting the degree of insertion of the arms in the rod and also retain the coil spring in a fixed position on the rounded end I2 of the strand of resilient wire.

trated, and are in contact with the edges 1 and 8 of the pocket, the rod will be guided in its proper upright position and furthermore, the rod can be readily and easily moved forward or backward in the pocket without any danger whatsoever of the sharp edges of the ends of the rod contacting or tearing the material of the curtain.

It is to be understood that the form of my invention herewith shown and described is to be taken'as a preferred example of the same and that various changes relative to the shape, size, material and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claim.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

As a new article of manufacture and as a component part of a curtain rod threading device of the class described, a spring metal clip adapted to be telescopically and detachably connected to one end portion of a conventional-type tubular curtain rod in a manner to project beyond said end portion, said clip being formed from a single length of metal rod bent midway of its ends to provide a substantially V-shaped intermediate ortion, constituting a V-shaped pilot element,

' and a pair of diverging attaching limbs, said 2,541,293 v 3 4 lation to a, coacting'curtain rod, the portions of REFERENCES CITED the rod between the V-pilot element and limbs being fashioned into outstanding U-shaped g z 3 gfi i'i are of record in the bends, said bends being in planes even with said pilot element and limbs and providing a. pair of 5 UNITED STATES PATENTS opposed shoulders, and a coiled spring sleeve, Number Name Date said sleeve being fitted over the apex and around 2,183,328 Baake 12 1939 complemental portions of the V-pilot element, 2,378,970 Baumann June 1945 the innermost coils of the sleeve abutting and being held in place by said bends.

FURMAN ROBISON. 

